Laura Z. Pam

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  1. 60 visits a week quota ?? sound possible?

    Laura Z. Pam replied to SweetRN007's topic in Home Health

    NO no no!!! ***** dangerous for you, dangerous for pts., and bad for other nurses. Keep looking, because this is not a job. Also, never NEVER work a direct-care position salaried. There is just too...

  2. Check Up: Obamacare vs. Romneycare: Any real difference?

    Laura Z. Pam replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Romney wants to end Medicare/medicaid as we know it, and change it to flat rate/voucher program, as well as cut benefits. Hm. How many of our paychecks are dependent, at least in part, on...

  3. Soooo, I quit

    Laura Z. Pam replied to TX911's topic in General Nursing

    TX911, I don't think you made a mistake at all. You need to saved your license while putting your employer on notice that their staffing practices were unacceptable. Nursing is NOT like accounting or...

  4. Considering leaving hospital after new grad internship

    Laura Z. Pam replied to GypseyGirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Definitely stay for at least a year. 1) You will get skills here that you will not get anywhere else, a knowledge base that you will need even if you don't use it real often. Pumps, IV starts, med...

  5. What does the inside of YOUR car/trunk look like, LOL?!?

    Laura Z. Pam replied to mhowell's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Really? you guys do visits on the subway and cab in New York? You must be mutant-strong to carry all the stuff you might need! Case manage, or on

  6. Cause of a dried up black uvula?

    Laura Z. Pam replied to ws582's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Without having seen it, I think it is possible that the brain mets have cut off blood to the palate and

  7. Are you a nurse with "alternative" spiritual beliefs?

    Laura Z. Pam replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Vajrayana Buddhist, here, working in hospice as well. Pushing aside doctrine and dogma, most people believe in loving-kindness, so when others want prayers and such, it is pretty easy to translate any...

  8. Are you a nurse with "alternative" spiritual beliefs?

    Laura Z. Pam replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    ZeroNight, I admire your principle, but must advise that it is best, while in nursing school, to fly low and stealth on *all* fronts. Don't stick out in dress or behavior, most instructors are very...

  9. Do Not Work Off The Clock, Nurses!

    Laura Z. Pam replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    After working hard for my RN, I worked in a series of situations (ICU stepdown, LTC, many agency jobs) that required giving sub-standard care via understaffing and careless staffing, and...

  10. Do Not Work Off The Clock, Nurses!

    Laura Z. Pam replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think the place would threaten to sue for "patient abandonment" counting on you knuckling under to being bullied. I think if you pushed back with a lawyer, they would most certainly be the ones to...

  11. Being an ugly nurse

    Laura Z. Pam replied to mofomeat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Personally, people who are too pretty make me nervous. If I were in a hospital and had a nurse who was young and pretty? I would be a little prejudiced against...afraid that they got a pass through...

  12. Do Not Work Off The Clock, Nurses!

    Laura Z. Pam replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    YES, YES, YES!!! I am so glad this was written. I have seen this everywhere I've been--management bullying and nurses all too willing to "clock out and chart". NURSES! minutes are what your life is...

  13. Looking to go into Ohio state prison once I graduate.

    Laura Z. Pam replied to Supersam3420's topic in Correctional

    Hey supe. I worked Ohio prisons via agency for quite a while, and saw inside 6-7 of them. They always need people, so should be easy to get a job. Jhaco does not go there, so standards are different....

  14. Working night shift, difficulty sleeping during the day!

    Laura Z. Pam replied to gloryfied's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Oh, yeah. NOC shifters, sleeping becomes an olympic sport, complete with gear. I am also thinking about starting a forum and some local groups for night shifters social on days off. Its lonely being...

  15. What does the inside of YOUR car/trunk look like, LOL?!?

    Laura Z. Pam replied to mhowell's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi! I'm a hospice night fixer : ) two tubs in the way back, one for GI/GU supplies (urinals, bedpans, emesis basin, foley kits, chux, diapers). One tub for all other supplies (dsgs , soap, mouth...